What month is considered Black History Month?
February
What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Who invented the elevator?
Who is Alexander Miles
Who was the first African American Olympian to win the all-around title in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
What does achievement mean?
Something done successfully with effort, courage and skill
Who started Black History Month?
Carter J. Woodson
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
Who is Sidney Poitier
Who invented peanut butter?
Who is George Washington Carver
Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
Usain Bolt
What is activism?
Action of using campaigning to bring about political or social change.
Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
False. It was an executive order by the president Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
Who invented the horse shoe?
Who is Oscar E. Brown
Who was the star of Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
What is emancipation?
Process of being set free from legal restrictions.
Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
Rosa Parks
What was the name for his most famous speech?
"I Have a Dream"
Who invented the letter box?
Who is G.E. Becket
Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress?
Halle Berry
What is justice?
Just behavior or treament.
Who was the first African American to travel into space?
Guion Stewart Bluford
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson
Who invented the traffic signal?
Who is Garret Morgan
Who was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
Misty Copeland
What is segregation?
The act of segregating, separation or isolation of race, class, or ethnic group by enforcement.